On 12/06/2011 11:26 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: <>
> I am burning the iso file inside the dvd! --- procedure is to burn an *image*. not the file. ;) > I get a mountable DVD with the iso I just burned inside it! --- because you are burning file, not image. even a blank dvd is mountable. either a blank dvd or a dvd with an image file, or an image burned to a dvd are mountable. only a *burned image* is bootable. > I tried booting off of SL61-DVD1. It would not boot. So, I could not > do the self check. if it is *iso file*, it will not boot. > It was from the host. --- best way. > k3b crashes a lot when trying to do a verify. So I have always > just used the md5sum above. --- if k3b is crashing a lot, i would suggest checking logs and contacting k3b support. k3b crashing a lot is not normal. i am currently running sl5.5 and have great results with k3b. no crashes after burning over 20 cd's and dvd's. all have passed k3b's checking after burning. only failures has been with r/w that have been rewritten over about 20 times. dropping write speed 1 level produces a good burn. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted* **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** The installation instructions stated to install Windows 2000 or better. So I installed Linux. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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